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Deleting files from Amazon WorkDocs Drive

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Deleting files from Amazon WorkDocs Drive - Amazon WorkDocs

Notice: New customer sign-ups and account upgrades are no longer available for Amazon WorkDocs. Learn about migration steps here: How to migrate data from Amazon WorkDocs.

Notice: New customer sign-ups and account upgrades are no longer available for Amazon WorkDocs. Learn about migration steps here: How to migrate data from Amazon WorkDocs.

Amazon WorkDocs Drive only contains links to the files on your WorkDocs site. WorkDocs Drive displays the following icon to indicate the files' location:

A pair of files with cloud icons.

When you delete a file from WorkDocs Drive, you only delete the link to that file. When you delete a link, WorkDocs moves the corresponding file to the Recycle bin on your web site. To free up space in WorkDocs Drive, you empty the bin on your WorkDocs web site.

To delete files in WorkDocs Drive
  1. Start Finder (on a Mac) or File Explorer (in Windows) and expand your W: drive.

  2. Select the file or files that you want to delete.

  3. Press Delete.

    —or—

    Drag the files to another location on your hard drive.

To empty the Recycle bin in WorkDocs
  1. Navigate to WorkDocs in your browser, and in the breadcrumbs above your list of files and folders, choose Recycle bin.

    Image showing MyDocs, Recycle bin, and Favorites.
  2. Do one of the following:

    1. To delete all the files in the bin, choose Empty recycle bin.

    2. To delete some of the files, select the checkbox next to the files that you want to delete, then choose Delete (N), where N is the number of files that you selected.

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